# Supplementary Materials

This folder contains supplementary materials for Bos, B., Drupp, M.A., Meya, J.N., Quaas, M.F. (2020). "Moral suasion and the private provision of public goods: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic".



## Data Availability Statements

- The **survey data** used in our study is provided as part of this Appendix. 

- All **code** to replicate our results is provided as part of this Appendix.

  


## Dataset list

| Data file                             | Source | Provided |
| ------------------------------------- | ------ | -------- |
| `1_Data/MoralSuasion_survey_data.csv` | Survey | Yes      |
| `1_Data/MoralSuasion_survey_data.dta` | Survey | Yes      |



## Software Requirements

- Stata (Version 15.1)
  - `estout` (Version 3.21)
  - `ebalance` (Version 1.5.4)
  - `mhtexp` (List et al., 2019)
- R (Version 3.6.3)
  - `tidyverse` (Version 1.3.0)
  
  - `magrittr` (Version 1.5)
  
  - `here` (Version 0.1)
  
  - `scales` (Version 1.1.0)
  
  - `RColorBrewer` (Version 1.1-2)
  
  - `ggpubr` (Version 0.3.0)
  
  - `tikzDevice` (Version 0.12.3)
  
    

## Description of programs

To replicate the tables and figures, please run the programs in any order.

- `2_Code/Moral_Suasion_Estimations.do`: computes all estimations and tables

- `2_Code/Moral_Suasion_Figures.Rmd`: creates all figures

  


## List of tables and programs
Please note that all code is in `2_Code`. Output files will be saved in `3_Graphs` or `4_Tables` and named according to the responding figure or table.


| Figure/Table # | Description                    | Program / Source             | Line | Note                    |
| -------------- | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------- | ---- | ----------------------- |
| Table 1        | Main results                   | Moral_Suasion_Estimations.do | 78   |                         |
| Table A1       | Descriptive statistics         | Moral_Suasion_Estimations.do | 187  |                         |
| Table A2       | Balance tests                  | Moral_Suasion_Estimations.do | 323  |                         |
| Table A3       | Heterogenous treatment effects | Moral_Suasion_Estimations.do | 396  |                         |
| Table A4       | Heterogenous treatment effects | Moral_Suasion_Estimations.do | 545  |                         |
| Table A5       | Heterogenous treatment effects | Moral_Suasion_Estimations.do | 595  |                         |
| Table A6       | Robustness checks              | Moral_Suasion_Estimations.do | 715  |                         |
| Table A7       | Multiple hypothesis testing    | Moral_Suasion_Estimations.do | 695  | Output printed in Stata |
| Table A8       | Relevant survey questions      | Survey                       |      |                         |
| Figure 1       | Moral appeals                  | Survey                       |      |                         |
| Figure 2       | Public good contributions      | Moral_Suasion_Figures.Rmd    | 47   |                         |
| Figure A1      | Distribution of anwers         | Moral_Suasion_Figures.Rmd    | 241  |                         |
| Figure A2      | Screenshots of moral appeals   | Survey                       |      |                         |



## References

List,  J.A.,  Shaikh,  A.M.,  Xu,  Y.,  2019.   Multiple  hypothesis  testing  in  experimental  economics. Experimental Economics 22, 773–793
